Training, Giving, Reading, Watching

Started GSTL training this week at the Quail Springs Super Target (store #1397). It’s been a bit rough but overall I feel that I’ve got the training I need to do my job solo. I have two more days at 1397 before I return to my store in Edmond, #1398. I’ve made some good connections there and have sought to bless the workers there as best I could. I also got to renew some old connections with people who used to work at my store as well as a coworker who went to New Orleans with me back in October/November ‘05.

I traded in my Palm m515 for a Palm Tungsten E. Both of them were used and I thought it was worth biting the bullet of learning the new Palm system when I saw how gorgeous the display was (plus, having double the memory didn’t hurt!). I now have an ESV and NASB Bible, Desiring God, John Owen’s The Mortification of Sin in Believers and Of Temptation, Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant, Jonathan Edwards’ The Religious Affections, and Richard Baxter’s The Reformed Pastor all on my Palm, and I’m using only a third of its built-in memory. Uhh, whoo? Oh yeah, and I have Greek flash cards.

Yay-yuh.

I love doing stuff for Rosanna. To me, she is the verification of Jesus’ words that it is better to give than receive. I never knew it was possible to love someone as much as I love her. Just today I was looking through the trip I took out to see her in July ‘05 and I was literally shocked at how beautiful she was. Not getting to see her very often makes my memory of her begin to fade. Sharp and crisp pictures are very useful in renewing my passion for her. Yowza, that girl is somethin’ else!

I’ve been reading more of John Owen’s Of Temptation, and it is challenging me to watch and pray that I might not enter into temptation. It is really making me think very seriously about how I treat my leisure time and what I am praying for on a daily basis.

I saw the first two Harry Potter movies this week. They were entertaining and made me want to watch the next two, though I’m not so inclined as to pick up the books and read them. I watched them mainly out of curiosity. I also saw Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds and thought it was a complete waste of my time. I enjoyed Minority Report, which also paired Spielberg and Tom Cruise, but this one just didn’t capture me. It amazed me with very realistic effects and one incredible 2+ minute shot of Cruise & Co. driving down the freeway while the camera keeps circling around them (really, I was blown away about halfway into the shot, thinking, “Wait, has the camera been rolling this whole time?”). But, I guess I have a problem with the story to begin with, so it makes sense that I wouldn’t enjoy Spielberg or anybody’s adaptation of it.

That’s about all I want to write about now. Keeping those updates rolling, y’know. Gotta please the viewing audience.

*poof*